CertainTeed has a long history of supporting Habitat for Humanityaffiliates across the country with donations and volunteers, but the Delaware County Habitat for Humanity twin home in Chester, PA is the first house covered with a brand new CertainTeed weather resistant barrier – CertaWrap™. It was great to be part of the premier installation of this product. We will also be installing CertainTeed Newtown™ vinyl siding over the next few weekends.

But the real “value-add” of this experience was:

Habitat volunteers and families

• Working alongside families who were putting in “sweat equity” in order to realize the American dream of home ownership.

• Teambuilding and relationship building with individuals across departments and making new friends.

• Helping a great organization by doing whatever was needed to be done.

For Lillian Horvitz, one of our crew, who is part of CertainTeed’s Sales Support Group, this hands-on, real life experience will help her answer questions from customers when the product is introduced in the marketplace.

But the best feeling was standing back with a group of new friends after a day of hard work and sweat and viewing the fruits of our labor. I highly recommend it!

Do you have any volunteer stories? Feel free to share them, in the comments section below.